Self-Image and the Father-Figure: Rabbi Nachman of Breslov on Repairing the Souls of the Dead
The Baal Shem Tov, founder of Hasidism (known by the acronym, the BeShT), was a charismatic teacher with extraordinary impact. While hasidic traditions record his vehement opposition to documentation of his teachings, his disciples nevertheless wrote what they remembered, and hasidic literature i...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2017]
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Harvard theological review
Year: 2017, Volume: 110, Issue: 4, Pages: 604-626 |
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Naḥman, mi-Braslav 1772-1810
/ Yisraʾel ben Eliʿezer Baʿal Shem Ṭov 1700-1760
/ Dead person
/ Soul
/ Healing
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BH Judaism TJ Modern history |
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| Summary: | The Baal Shem Tov, founder of Hasidism (known by the acronym, the BeShT), was a charismatic teacher with extraordinary impact. While hasidic traditions record his vehement opposition to documentation of his teachings, his disciples nevertheless wrote what they remembered, and hasidic literature is suffused with traditions about him and conveyed by him. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4517 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0017816017000293 |